So... eight things about me that most of you would probably never suspect.
1) The first vote I ever cast was for a Republican, New Jersey's distinguished senior senator and favorite son, Clifford B. Case.
2) I had a crew cut all through junior high, high school, and most of college.
3) My favorite guilty pleasure movie is SUMMER LOVERS. I want to go to the island of Santorini and have a menage a trois with Darryl Hannah and Valerie Quinessen.
4) When I was in my twenties people used to tell me I looked like Kris Kristofferson. Now they tell me I look like Jerry Garcia. And he's dead. I don't like this trend.
5) I like writing when it's going well, but I LOVE having written.
6) My favorite song is Kris Kristofferson's "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33." (See him busted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, wearing yesterday's misfortunes like a smile). I am also very fond of "Me and Bobby McGee" and "To Beat the Devil" and "Silver" and a lot of Kris's other songs. Maybe that's why I was pleased when people said I looked like him.
7) I have never been defeated at RISK when I have the red army. Never. And I started playing RISK in grade school. Foemen tremble when I rattle my dice. Except when they make me play green or black or some other color. Then I am merely mortal.
8) Windows sucks. I use it, under protest, for the internet, but all my fiction is written on a DOS machine, using WordStar 4.0. I'm a word guy. When I want to copy something, I like to type "copy." When I want to delete it, I like to type "delete." I don't like puzzling out these stupid little cartoons they call icons, or dragging them around with a mouse. The day WordStar 4.0 stops working is the day I retire.
So there you have it. My revelations.
And now, if I understand the rules of this "game of eight" correctly, I must tag someone else, just as Melinda tagged me. Let me look around. Hmmmmm, who... ah...
STEVE LEIGH! You're tagged!
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I was just thinking tonight that the lack of updating your "not-a-blog" must be a good sign of progress with the book.
I don't think you look much like Jerry Garcia..
heheeh. too funny! and your fifth comment cracked me up, too. =P
I bet that a bunch of folks will be bombarding you with memes now.
Of course, as much as I love this humanizing look, don't feel obligated! I am, of course, one of those fans that doesn't want you doing anything that will interrupt the progress on the next book :P
one day.. i shall challenge you..
I can only hope it's greatly improved from the version I used in the 1980s.
(course, I've only ever played one game:p)
1. I can't beat you in trivia, but I can whoop you in Risk, Jamie.
2. Time to change the picture. I get these strange.... feelings every time I see it.
"throwingshapes" avatar reminds me of hendrix and i agree that you do not look like garcia ;)
grrm, in the pic where you are in front of a castle w/sunglasses, jacket, and hat, you look like you could be related to my brother when he puts on sunglasses, jacket, and hat. so, you could say that you look like my brother. are you scottish, maybe?
does anyone know why a meme is called a meme and how it came 'bout?
this is sort of off the subject, but i think someone rushed s.raimi into making "spiderman 3," because the movie's horrendous. grrm, please take as long as you want w/"dragons," (*ducks*) i don't want "dragons" to end up like "spiderman 3."
That's what i've heard anyway!
I liked this entry! It made me giggle - it's nice to remember someone who can create fiction i love so much is a real person.
I always lose Risk, whatever colour i play (it's why i don't play often). We could team up and give others a chance (plus, i'd love to actually win for once...)
I don't think you look a bit like Jerry Garcia , you look rather like this dashing author chappie that we are all fond of ;)
...Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just 'fore it rained, that rode all the way to New Orleans...
Garcia, huh? I'm not seein' it.
Might I suggest you switch to a Mac? You know, just in case...
The fact itself is reasonably awesome, mind, but the way it was put inspired a few giggles, and obviously, that counts for much more than any actual merit.
Huzzah!
I think you're gonna be challenged indefinitely now for RISK tournaments :D
Even if ultimately WordStar 4.0 becomes impossible to run without far more effort than it's worth, there's some "heirs to WordStar" around, from programs like Write&Set, a WordStar emulator for Microsoft Word, and so on.
(a) Linux has a good DOS emulator (better than XP, I'm told!)
(b) Linux has a text-based web browser (lynx). Of course, you won't get pictures or video in text mode.
(c) Linux can be installed without uninstalling Windows or Dos if there's enough disk space available.
elinks (http://elinks.or.cz/) beats lynx in console-based browsing.
4 & 6) I'm not familiar with Mr Kristofferson's work, but he currently lives in my hometown. I see him buying groceries sometimes when I'm home.
5) Yeah, me too. Even if all I write is fanfic, there's a certain satisfaction in a job well done, especially when someone tells you it's good.
8) I hate Windows too. But then, I have always been a Mac user.
I don't know why I felt the need to respond to this, just that aside from really loving your writing, you seem like an interesting a fun guy. Anyway, hope the writing continues to go well!
Oh, OK... !) I actually had a menage a trois with Darryl Hannah and Valerie Quinessen on Santorini...
Hmmm, I guess I'll have to go put together a post.